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Histories of city and state in the Persian Gulf : Manama since 1800 / Nelida Fuccaro.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuccaro, Nelida.
- Series:
- Cambridge Middle East studies ; 30.
- Cambridge Middle East studies ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Port cities.
- History.
- Manama (Bahrain)--History.
- Manama (Bahrain).
- Port cities--Bahrain--Manama--History.
- Port cities--Middle East--History.
- Middle East.
- Bahrain--Manama.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Indigenous state traditions and the dialectics of urbanisation in Bahrain, 1602-1923
- The making of Gulf port towns before oil
- Ordering space, politics and community in Manama, 1880s-1919
- Restructuring city and state: the municipality and local government
- 'Disorder', political sociability and the evolution of the urban public sphere
- City and countryside in modern Bahrain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780521514354
- 0521514355
- OCLC:
- 317918761
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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